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" Language diversity in the Pacific : "
edited by Denis Cunningham, D.E. Ingram and Kenneth Sumbuk.
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BL
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946204
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b700574
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Language diversity in the Pacific : : endangerment and survival /\ edited by Denis Cunningham, D.E. Ingram and Kenneth Sumbuk.
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| Publication Statement
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Clevedon [England] ;Buffalo, NY :: Multilingual Matters,, ©2006.
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| Series Statement
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Multilingual matters ;; 134
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1 online resource (xii, 217 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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1280501766
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: 1853598674
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: 1853598682
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: 6610501769
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: 9781280501760
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: 9781853598678
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: 9781853598685
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: 9786610501762
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Includes bibliographical references.
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| Contents
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Foreword; Editors' Note; Chapter 1 Language Diversity in the Pacific: Endangerment and Survival: An Overview; Chapter 2 The World Languages Review: Some Data; Chapter 3 Naming Languages, Drawing Language Boundaries and Maintaining Languages with Special Reference to the Linguistic Situation in Papua New Guinea; Chapter 4 Obstacles to Creating an Inventory of Languages in Indonesia: A Dialectology Perspective; Chapter 5 Keeping Track of Indigenous Language Endangerment in Australia; Chapter 6 Papua New Guinea's Languages: Will They Survive?
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The Southwest Pacific from Southern China through Indonesia, Australia and the Pacific Islands constitutes the richest linguistic region of the world. Some of its languages have already been lost; many more are under threat. This book tries to describe the languages that exist today and suggests policies that will support their maintenance.
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Bilingualism multilingualism.
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Language and languages.
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LANGUAGE ARTS DISCIPLINES-- Alphabets Writing Systems.
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Pacific Area, Languages.
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Pacific Area.
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| Dewey Classification
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409/.1823
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P381.P3L36 2006eb
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Cunningham, Denis,1951-
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Ingram, D. E.,1939-
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Sumbuk, Kenneth,1965-
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